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Today in pulp... I'm gonna party like it's 1989!

Come with me... #FridayFeeling
Mondo 2000, 1989. New #Cyberpunks start here...
Rowan Atkinson in The Sneeze, by Anton Chekhov. Aldwych Theatre, 1989. #COVID19
Who calls a laptop "Stacy"? Is it a tribute to Stacy Keach?

The Atari Stacy, 1989.
Not the Rolling Stones. Nope...

Alien Nation: The Series (1989)
ALF (1989). "You are entering the fandom zone - HA!"
Party time! Excellent! Ahem... Andy Jones interview, Kerrang (1989) #rpg
Duck Tales ("a-woo-hoo!!") Nintendo Power magazine, Sep/Oct 1989.
Stone wash or snow wash? Levis 900s, 1989. Not ripped you'll note...
"Britain to split! Musical differences blamed."

Q Magazine's prediction for 1989...
Melody Maker singles review:22 April 1989.

All that indie vinyl, lost like tears in rain...
The Punisher (1989). Its an underrated cult classic - don't @ me!
Julianne Regan! *Swoons*

All About Eve. Melody Maker, September 1989.
NOT Robert Pattinson at the bottom there. Nope...

Record Mirror, September 1989.
Sunday telly in 1989. Lucky, lucky us...
Mind that blowhole Knobil!

West Of January, by Dave Duncan. Del Rey, 1989.
OS/2! This is how I work from home! Računari, July 1989. #Yugoslavia
So farewell 1989. A time when we had less things to worry about... #FridayFeeling

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